Articles filed under Health Crises
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Editorial: Second stimulus is a beginning, nothing moreJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Sixth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board To be sure, the $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill, aka the second stimulus, will help millions of Americans...
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We are not helplessJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - This is a tightrope column, the kind you'd rather not write, about an event you don't feel you can ignore. You tread carefully, but you want people to pay attention as y...
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Life in Los AngelesJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Los Angeles is on the verge of becoming the world's biggest COVID hot spot. "The epicenter," we say, shaking our heads. How did this happen? "It's not so bad here," we s...
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Fashion designer creates high-end medical gowns for Edward-Elmhurst HealthDec 31, 2020 4:30 am - The phone call was somewhat of a last resort, and the request was certainly unconventional. But Edward-Elmhurst Health CEO Mary Lou Mastro was growing desperate. At the ...
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Looking back at 2020 in high school sports: A year like no otherDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - The 2019-2020 high school sports year started off like any other. Holiday basketball tournaments concluded, boys and girls hoops teams headed into the 2020 portion of th...
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For all our sakes, let's resolve to move together into a better futureDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - If there is one word to sum up 2020, I believe it would be "polarization." In the past, when we as a country experienced intense stress, grief and loss, it brought us t...
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Editorial: Small businesses need help of government and local consumersDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Fifth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board Small business owners and entrepreneurs have always been a special breed. Those who succeed are fearless in t...
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California is third state to pass 25,000 coronavirus deathsDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - California on Thursday surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, the third state to do so after New York and Texas, health offic...
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Mobile COVID-19 testing this weekend in Elgin and Round LakeDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - COVID-19 mobile testing units managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health are scheduled to be in Elgin and Round Lake this weekend. The testing will be available...
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Suburbs seeing another uptick in COVID-19 casesDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Not even a week ago, DuPage County's seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate was below 6%, and lower than the rates in Chicago, suburban Cook County and the four...